The narrator apologizes for being too pushy. He tells the boy that he's sorry that he was misunderstood. He says that it's okay to be misunderstood. The boy tells him that the girl is just a classmate. The narrator says that she looks like she's getting ready to go to the opera. The girl says that if she had surgery, she'd be dead within a year. He wants to use his body to save her. He's willing to pay seven tons for it. He doesn't know what else to do. He just wants to be by her side.